Upholstery pin



July 1s, 1933.

D; L REITER 1,919,038

UPHOLSTERY PIN Filed June 29, 1932 f4 figa INVENTOR am] l'. Reiter :ORNEY lamented `lilly 18, 1933 naiven STATES DANIEL I. REITER, OF NEW YORK, I\T. Y.

UPHOLSTERY PIN Application led June 29,

This invention relates to headed pin fasteners and particularly, to that type designed to secure the fabric slip covers for automobiles in place, and provided with means for 5 preventing accidental retraction of the pin after once it has been inserted in place.

dy invention contemplates the provision of a pin adapted to have all the parts thereof including the head made from a single integral length of wire and in which a main pin and a secondary pin are provided, the main and secondary pins being adapted to be arranged at any desired angle and at any desired distance or relation to the head of v pin.

My invention further contemplates the provision of amovable or yieldable pinhead adapted to be locked in place by a projecting` spur integral with the head.

The various objects of my invention will be clear from the description which follows, and from the drawing, in which,

Fig'. 1 is an elevational view cfmy improved pin showing the integral head, main and secondary pins.

2 is a similar view of the same, modiied, however, from Fig. 1 in that thermain pin extends from the top of the head instead of from the bottom.

Fics. 3, 4 and 5 are similar views of 1noditied forms of my improved pin showing other arrangements of the main and secondary pins emerging from various different points of the head.

Fig. 6 is a similar View of a modified form of the pin wherein the head is formed after tie length of wire from which the pin is made, has first been folded on itself.

Fig. .7 is a side view of the same, partly in section, showing the pin as it appears applied to an upholstered body for securing a slip cover to the body.

8, 9, l()` 11, 12 and 13 are elevational views of modified forms of the pin shown in 6, illustrating various arrangements of the main and secondary pins with respect to the head.

Fig. 14C is a vertical section and side view of the pin shown in Fig. 4, showing the bend at the upper end of the main pin, and the 1932. serial Nb. massa rearward disposition of thesecondary pin. In that practical embodiment of my inven-l tion which I have illustrated by way lof eX- ample, and referring particularly to' Fig.

1, the entire pin, including' the ihead 10, the *5f-5 secondary pin or locking element 11 and the main pin 12 are all made by bending the parts mentioned from a 'single integral I length of wire pointed at its ends as 13 and 111-. I prefer to form the head by vfirst bend- 50 ing the secondary pin 11 from one end of the length of wire in the properdirection so as to stand ont from the head lOin; the desired direction and for the proper distance.,y and then Ato convolute the succeeding partof the wire G5 l through a plurality of contacting turns or convolutions 15 to form the head. The other end or terminal portion of the length of wireV may then be bent as at 1 6` downwardly .and rearwardly to direct the pin-12 inthe desired direction, it being understood, however, that the main pin 12 may-iirsthe bent fromthe length of wire beforetheintermediate portion vof thelength is convoluted.

It will also be understood that while the 7.5 main pin l2 is shown disposed radially of the head, it may be arrangedl in a direction other than radial as shown,ffor example, in Fig. 10, and that the center line `of the main pin need not necessarily pass through the center of the head. It will further be understood that while I have shown circular convolutions on the head 10said convolutions may take other shapes such as square, elliptical, polygonal orthe like, as may be' found convenient or desireable, andas will be obvious without further illustration. l

In any case,v however, the convolutions' l are preferably unsecured to each other so that the head is yieldable to a certain extent by the separation of the convolutions later? ally under pressure put upon it or upon `the main or secondary pins. v

Referring now to Fig. 2, I have there shown` a pin identical with that shown in Figll excepting that the last convolution or turn 17 is broughtto the upper part of the head and past the secondary pinV 11 so that the main pin 12 extendsjcompletely acrossy the hea-d. Thisformof my'improved pinf'has 100 of my new pin heretofore described as ive-ll as those shown in Figs. l to l?) inclusive, the pin fastener Vis arranged in p e by first passing the main pin through the slip cover 21 F10. 7 and through the uoholstery cover o n 1 l 22 and either into the upi'lolstery stufling 23 or 1f the u holster stuliin' is omitted against thefsheet metal backing usually provided underneath the cover 22 in automobiles or the like. Afterrthe main pin has been pushed down as far as' it will go, that is, until stopped by the head, the main pin is partly Withdrawn and `pressurebrought to bear on the secondary pin until said secondary pin passes through thecovers 22 and into the upholstery stufling 23 where such upholstery is provided, in amanner well known in the art. n

As illustrated in Fig. 4;, the main pin 1S is arranged similarly to the corresponding main .pin of Fig. 3 but the last turn ill of the head is carried to a point adjacent the main pin before the secondary pin is bent therefrom. In this forni of my Vpinfaz-i-Ltenei", the secondarypin 251is arranged behind the head 10 instead of projecting therefrom and has the .advantage of protecti. the fingers of the users against the point of the secondary pin. At the lsaine time, the main pin 18 may be pushed into the'material*up` to the ce 0f the head 10 Whereafter partial retrac'ti n of the pin fastener forces the secondary pin into the fabric to preventaccidental withdrawal ofthe pin fastener from the fabric.

As shown in Fig. '5, the main pin 2G is i tangent to the last convolution- 2Tofthe head 10 While the secondary pin 2S elongated and arranged parallel to the main pin 26, the upper end 29 of the secondary pin emerging from the center of the head. The convolutions of the head, however, may be made in the same manner as hereinbefore described in connection with Fig. 1.,V In thisform of my invention, the secondary pin 28 forms the locking member, cooperating .with Vthe main pin 26 to maintainr the .pin fastener in place. v

Referring to Fig. 6, I have there shovvna form of my invention requiring` somewhat less labor in the formation of the head SO. As there shown, the length of Wire is .first folded on itself through an angle of 180 to bring Afrom the bottom of the hea d w the 'two parts thereof adjacent to each other though it Will be understood that the part from which the main pin 31 is formed is longer than the part from which the secondary pin 32 is formed. Two convolutiono 313 are formed simultaneously when the thus double length of ,vire is bent through a coinplete turn or 1800. 'llhe end bend 3l of the folded length is preferably arranged iu the center of the head 30, the ends of the leng'l. being seoarated as shown, to form the main and secondary pins. Said pins are arranged with their center lines in the desired angular relation, being` bent` rearwardly to a slight extent as at 35 and 36 (Fig. 7). 'i Similarly, in Fig. 8, the bend is also arranged at the center of the ld 3? but both ends of the length of ywire are brought around to the same pointof the head before the ends are bent to form the secondary pin and the mainpin 39. f

As shown in Fig. 9, the vbend is also arranged at the conter of the head fl() and both ends of the length of wire are again brought around to the saine point on the head as in the form shown in S but this point, instead of being arrangedat the bottom of the head, is at the top ofthe head. The second.-

ary pin -l1 being bent upwardly, projects upwardly beyond the head ,vhilc trie main pin -12 proj ects downwardly and crosses the head. It will be noted that in this form of my invention, the secondary pin .4.1 crosses the outermost convolution of the head, from which convolution is bent the main piu.

As shown in Fig. l10, however, the secondary pin elf-lis bent from the outermost convolutionl of the head While the main pin li-G is bent from the next adjacent convolution a.

Inthislmodiiication, I have further shown ls upwardly Y e the main pin 50 is bent from the convolution 51 at the ton of the head.

The modication in Fig. 12 differs from that shown in Fig. 11 in that the last convolution 49 is extended around and outwardly of the convolution 51 to a point adjacent the e main pin 50 and the secondary pin is beni from'the end of said convolution at point onthe right of the main pin. y

f As shown 13, the convolution 51, instead of terminating at the top of the pin, is carried around the head for another turn lOf 53 to the point 54- before the main pin 50 is bent therefrom. This causes the secondary pin 52 to emerge from the head from-a pointspaced inwardly of the periphery of the head and thereby imparts an additional spring action to the secondary pin. y

ln all of the various forms of my new pin hereinbefore described, however, it Will be noted that all of the parts may be formed rom a single integral length of Wire pointed at the endsvand that tl e head is preferably formed by making a series of turns or convolutions in that portion of the length of Wire intermediate the ends thereof.

In any case, the head is thereby made yieldable or resilient to a sufficient extent to tend to return the parts to their original positions after said parts have been slightly moved from said positions as when having been inserted in thc proper manner in their operatirc positions in engagement with a piece or pieces of fabric.

t will be seen that in the forms of my inyention described, the pin fasteners disclose( are adapted for economical production with ease and rapidity in large quantities and are eflicient for the purposes for which they are intended,

`While I have shown and described certain specific embodiments of my invention, l'do not Wish to be understood as limitingl myself thereto since I intend to claim my yinvention as broadly as may be permitted by the state of the appended claims.

I claim: y

l. A pin fastener of a single integral length `of Wire pointed at both ends thereof, comprising` a substantially7 straight main pin portion of said length bent in one direction, a second-.ariv pin portion of said length bent in another direction, and a plurality7 of coplanar concentric convolutions forming a closed head bent from the intermediate portion of said length.

2. In a pin fastener of a single integral length of Wire, a main pin at one end of said length, a secondary pin at the other end of said length, and an integral head closed from its center to its periphery consisting of a plurality of turns in the intermediate portion of said length. 4

3. A pin fastener of a single integral length of Wire, includinga head closed from its center to its periphery and convoluted in contacting convolutions from an intermediate portion of the length of Wire, and opposed pin portions at the extremities of the length of Wire.

il. ln a pin fastener of a single integralV lengt of wire, a head bent from an intermediate nortion of the length in a plurality of contacting convolutions extending to the center of the head, and pin means bent from and integral with the head.

prior art and the scope of the 5. A pin fastener comprising a head consisting of a 'plurality ofcoplanar concentric turns of a single integral length of Wire, one end 'of said length terminating in-a spur, and the-other end of said length being bent rear- Wardly away from the head and terminating i in an elongated. straight pin shank. ,Y

6. In ajpin fastener of a single integral length ofV Wire, a closed head completely filled with a. plurality of adjacent turns convoluted from an intermediateportion of the length, and a pair of pm portions each bent from a y terminal portion of the length.'

7. In a pin fastener of a single integral length of Wire, a head comprising a. plurality of conyolutions bent from an intermediate' portion of the length and lying substantiallyin the same plane, a substantially straight elongated main pin portion bent from one eX- tremity ofthe head, and a second pin portion bent from another extremity of the head and arranged anlrularly with respect to the head and to the main pin portion.

8. In a pin fastener of a single integral length of Wire, a main pin portion bent rearwardly and downwardly from one end of the length, and having a substantially straight Velongatedshanka a secondary shorter pin portion bent from the other end of the length and substantially in theopposite direction to that of said main pin portion and an integral resilient head comprising a plurality of convolutions lioining said pin portions, said convolutions being laterally yieldable under stress applied laterally thereto, but being normally in contact with adjacent convolutions of either side. c

9..The method of making a pin fastener comprising pointing the ends of a length of Wire, convoluting an intermediate portion of lsaid length through a plurality ofV turns, be-

Oinninfr at the center of a head to be Aformed D 2:3

vby said convolutions to close the center of the 1l. The method of making a pin fastener i of a single integral length of Wire comprismg folding the length on itself at a predetermined point to form a fold, using the fold thus formed as a center, bending a plurality of convolutions bent from that portion of the lengt i extending from the fold and about the center, and bending straight pin portions from the ends of the length.

thus formed While maintainof the length and in substantially the oppo- Y site direction.

` 14. In a' pin fastener of a single length of Wire, a head comprising a plurality of convolutions, and a pair of pins integral with the head, one of said pins proJecting rearwardly from the center of the head and having its shank arranged in one direction, and the other projecting rearwardly from the outermost convolutions ot' the head and having its shank arranged in substantially the opposite direction.

DANIEL I. REITER. 

